The days, at last, are lengthening. When I step outside for the sunrise now it’s both earlier and noisier. The…
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what have you made this year?
(answer, and you may win a book!)
Yes, it’s been a year. A year since we counted the rolls of toilet paper in the closet, filled our…
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first day of fall
Come down to the back patio,” my neighbor Debbie texts. “30 minutes,” I reply. “Am on the phone.” “I’ll wait,”…
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an oasis of silence
We need to recover an oasis of silence within the rhyme and reason of our active life, for it is…
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beautiful things
This quiet morning. My friend asleep in her bed, snuggled deep in a nest of pillows, her faithful terrier molded…
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how we spend our days
Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives,” a line that resonated…
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